Difference between revisions of "Result complement "-xiaqu""

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== Structure ==
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下去 can be used as a [[result complement]] to talk about things ''continuing'' or ''carrying on''.
 
下去 can be used as a [[result complement]] to talk about things ''continuing'' or ''carrying on''.
  
The structure is:
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It can be used in a positive way as well as in a negative way
  
 
<div class="jiegou">
 
<div class="jiegou">
  
 
Subject + Verb + 下去
 
Subject + Verb + 下去
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</div>
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<div class="jiegou">
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Subject + Verb + 不 + 下去
  
 
</div>
 
</div>
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* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3)]] (pp. 184) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=756191251X →buy]
 
* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3)]] (pp. 184) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=756191251X →buy]
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# [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (1st ed)]] (pp. 146)
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[[Category:B1 grammar points]]
 
[[Category:B1 grammar points]]
 
[[Category:Result complement]]
 
[[Category:Result complement]]

Revision as of 09:02, 18 May 2012

Structure

下去 can be used as a result complement to talk about things continuing or carrying on.

It can be used in a positive way as well as in a negative way

Subject + Verb + 下去

Subject + Verb + 不 + 下去

Some examples:

  • 不 能 一直 这样 做 下去
  • 这 个 菜 很 难吃 - 我 吃 不 下去
  • 我 走 不 下去了 - 把 我 留下 吧!

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

  1. Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (1st ed) (pp. 146)